DSIJ Mindshare

Key benchmarks are likely to take a breather after witnessing strong rally in the last five trading sessions as cues from Asian peers are dull. The SGX Nifty indicates that the Nifty could open at 11,066, down by 23 points at the opening bell.  

Stocks that are likely to witness a significant movement on the bourses on January 24, 2018 are Wipro Limited, Shriram EPC Limited, RBL Bank Limited, Aurionpro Solutions Limited, Can Fin Homes Limited and Welspun Corp Limited.      

Becoming the fourth PSU in line to get listed in 2018, defence PSU Bharat Dynamics filed its draft red herring prospectus with market regulator SEBI to roll out its initial public offer on Tuesday.

Robust performance from metal majors uplifted the benchmark indices to close at all-time high with nearly a per cent gain from the previous close. Nifty Metal index rose as much as 4 per cent majorly driven by 5.2 per cent gains in Vedanta.

For funding the Rs. 36,915 crore HPCL deal, ONGC has received government approval to sell stakes in IOC and GAIL. Given the levels that the benchmark indices are trading these days, it is fair to assume that government wants to expedite the 51.11 per cent stake sale of HPCL to ONGC.